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Henry Shukman (b. 1962) is authorized as a full, independent Zen Teacher of the Sanbô-Zen lineage by its current abbot, Yamada Ryoun Roshi. His teaching name is Ryu’un-Ken (Dragon Cloud). He sat with various Zen teachers before formally entering the Sanbô-Zen lineage, and completed his training under Joan Rieck Roshi and Zen Teacher John Gaynor, as well as under Yamada Ryoun ...

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Sei’un An Roselyn E. Stone, Ph. D., was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Since her graduation from the University of Toronto she’s lived in five countries (England, Germany, USA, Japan and Australia) and had three professional lives: YWCA physical director; high school teacher of physical education (with a little math and science for good measure); and tenured professor at ...

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Kyozo Koun Zenshin Yamada Koun Yamada (March 18, 1907 – September 13, 1989) was a seminal figure in Zen’s inheritance to the West, having trained and authorized several Westerners in the Harada-Yasutani way which had been passed down to him through his predecessor, Haku’un Yasutani roshi. He served as school abbot for the Sanbo-Kyodan (now simply Sanbô-Zen), a school which places ...

Ryôun Masamichi Yamada (b. 1940) is the 4th and current serving abbot of Sanbô-Zen. He currently serves as head teacher of San’un Zendo in Kamakura, Japan. He became a student of Haku’un Yasutani Roshi when he was 16 years old. In 1978 he finished his formal Zen training under Yamada Kôun Roshi and in 1985 he received Dharma transmission from Kôun Roshi. As a Zen ...

Haku’un Ryoko Yasutani (安谷 白雲, January 5, 1885 — March 28, 1973) was the first abbot of the Sanbō Kyōdan (or, Fellowship of the Three Treasures) based in Kamakura, Japan – an independent lay organization of Zen practice combining what Yasutani believed to be the best elements of both Soto Zen and Rinzai Zen. A Dharma successor of Sogaku Harada ...

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